Heading into a chaotic Red Lion Hotel in Aurora early Sunday to meet friends after a New Year's Eve party, Jacob Kelly noticed two things about the police who packed the lobby. One, they were aggressive. Two, they were, so far as he could tell, all white. "I was trying to talk to those guys too," said Kelly, 19 and, like many of those at the Red Lion party, an African-American. ...

As a white public servant for more that 18 years, I am sick about hearing about minority hiring practices. The best person for the job, should get the job, period.I'm sorry that the officers did not have enough time to strike up a conversation when they have reports of shots fired. It seems that they were trying to make sure that the scene was safe, as well as getting innocent bystanders out of harms way.When trying to get hired, many years ago, I was discouraged about hiring list that were dropped because there were not enough minorities passed. I took it upon myself to make sure that I was the best for the job through education and training. I did not receive any hand outs.Bottom line is who do you want protecting you and your family? Who ever is best Qualified.

FDNY52 wrote:As a white public servant for more that 18 years, I am sick about hearing about minority hiring practices. The best person for the job, should get the job, period.I'm sorry that the officers did not have enough time to strike up a conversation when they have reports of shots fired. It seems that they were trying to make sure that the scene was safe, as well as getting innocent bystanders out of harms way.When trying to get hired, many years ago, I was discouraged about hiring list that were dropped because there were not enough minorities passed. I took it upon myself to make sure that I was the best for the job through education and training. I did not receive any hand outs.Bottom line is who do you want protecting you and your family? Who ever is best Qualified.

Funny how it's okay to mention cops are too white, but the packs of rabid troublemakers, all too commonly, such as in this case... are black.

Thanks for the illustration of rampant racial hypocrisy, Mr. Murphy, you self-loather, you...

If you can't blame white folks, then do what the media did all last year with the flash mob burglaries, and pretend you don't notice the race of who is disproportionately doing it. Tuck your head in the sand until the story disappears.

When there is no logical explanation for actions of certain people, the race card is always played. Just like Eric Holder got caught red handed in the operation Fast and Furious. Now, he claims the all of these allegations against him were raised because of his race. Unfortunately for him and others, they played the race card so many times already, that at this point, nobody gives a ....

I agree that a large portion of Aurora has minorities, but I can also say for a fact that it would appear that a large percentage of those minorities have trouble with the law, or are illegal immigrants. This is by no means intended to say that all minorities are criminals or illegal immigrants (more than half the crimes still are statistically committed by white people). But it comes as little surprise to me that most minorities in this city have difficulty meeting the background and education requirements of a law enforcement officer. I am sure I will be vilified for posting this, but it IS the truth.

Boooorrrriiiinnnggggg! The race card is ripped, worn, torn, and marked for cheating...it should be removed from the deck. Then you cite some 19 year old New Years Eve party goer (what was he doing there) as your cite for "all the white cops"? WHAT!!!! Then you cite the police shootings...to include race (of course!). You forgot to mention (and you could have researched your own darn papers reports) that the shootings included PEOPLE with weapons (mostly guns) taking on the coppers (2 Aurora cops shot in 2011, part of these "racist shootings in Murphy's eyes)...WHO CARES WHAT RACE THEY WERE!!! Hey Murphy...did ya check on the race of the cops that did the shootings? I would guess not, that would require work beyond just typing drivel after talking to an underage partier, the cops don't have a race right? Ruin your race baiting drivel?

People complain about cops, whew...think we should be questioning journalism with the same zeal as we question cops actions these days.

Deb Wallace as stated in this article, sits on the commision that oversees hiring and disciplinary actions of officer's for the City of Aurora.I'm not a bit surprised that Murphy went to her, of all people, to comment on the supposed racism at this agency.Afterall, Deb recently attempted to chair this commission. When she failed at being voted into that position, she immediately threw the race card down.

AshleyinAurora wrote:Deb Wallace as stated in this article, sits on the commision that oversees hiring and disciplinary actions of officer's for the City of Aurora.I'm not a bit surprised that Murphy went to her, of all people, to comment on the supposed racism at this agency.Afterall, Deb recently attempted to chair this commission. When she failed at being voted into that position, she immediately threw the race card down.

I was thinking the same thing! When it comes to the race card...Wallace is Queen! BUT...Wallace has also stated that there are not enough minority applicants...thus sandbagging Murphy's column! LOL...you can't make this stuff up...unless you are a journalist...then it's Constitutionally protected....good lord. The race card makes for good news these days...but I think the "people" are educated to see through the brown flushable material if ya know what I mean.

Oh lord! I said brown...someone will call me racist against our neighbors to the South! LOLOLOLOLOLL...It's just silly anymore!

By the way Murphy, since Johnson left the DP, I have noticed that ALL of the columinists are WHITE. When will the DP address that little fact? And dont give me the Tina line...her race is white, her ethnicity is hispanic. I really want to see news on that! Won't happen though...I know...gotta protect your own and their racist hiring policy right? Good lord man...put the race card away already!!!!

Hahhhahahahah! For the readers...go to the opinion page...then look at the authors pictures...ALL WHITE!!! And Littwin's pic has "Fair and Unbalanced" next to it!!!! Then Murphy has the balls to post this drivel!!!! Hahhahahahhahahhha!!!!! Look at your own house Murphy...then lets chat...good lord...you cant make this stuff up!!!!!

The DP should be ashamed...Im tempted to forward this string to a few national media persons that may find it laughable! Heck...I may get a free book! LOLOLOLOL!!!!

Let me see here...Chaos breaks out at the Red Lion New Year's eve bash. Calls for service were issued. APD responded to an out of control situation. They aggressively cleared the joint for the safety of EVERYONE there. (So sorry nobody took time out to wish you a Happy New Year in the process of it all). How in the world did the lack of personal communication with Kelly and doing a fantastic job of regaining control of a bad situation turn into an article about racism?

AshleyinAurora wrote:Let me see here...Chaos breaks out at the Red Lion New Year's eve bash. Calls for service were issued. APD responded to an out of control situation. They aggressively cleared the joint for the safety of EVERYONE there. (So sorry nobody took time out to wish you a Happy New Year in the process of it all). How in the world did the lack of personal communication with Kelly and doing a fantastic job of regaining control of a bad situation turn into an article about racism?

Apparently white cops can't do the job. Rainbow cops would have been better...especially if they had fairy dust sprinkled over their heads with a side of liberalism.

AshleyinAurora wrote:Let me see here...Chaos breaks out at the Red Lion New Year's eve bash. Calls for service were issued. APD responded to an out of control situation. They aggressively cleared the joint for the safety of EVERYONE there. (So sorry nobody took time out to wish you a Happy New Year in the process of it all). How in the world did the lack of personal communication with Kelly and doing a fantastic job of regaining control of a bad situation turn into an article about racism?

Apparently white cops can't do the job. Rainbow cops would have been better...especially if they had fairy dust sprinkled over their heads with a side of liberalism.

Is there a special little form we can all fill out next time a riot busts loose and we call for help?